Thank you Fortis!

I was talking to Lloyd on the telephone this afternoon - he was telling me that he was on his way home from work.....Laurie was sat beside me when all of a sudden there was a big BANG outside.....we both jumped!!!

The phone line went dead...the computer went off...all power to the house went off. The girls came running downstairs. We ran outside to see what had happened. We thought maybe lightning had hit nearby and knocked the power out.....

I called Lloyd on my cell and he said not to worry and he'd be home soon to check things out. He got home and checked the breaker out in the field and that was fine but still no power. He called Fortis and they sent someone straight out. The guy was here for two hours and went up in his little crane in the field up our electricity pole..... and then out to the road in his little crane up the poles..

Lloyd cooked dinner on the bbq and made a cup of tea on the bbq and we had a lovely quiet relaxing evening pottering about and snuggling with Grayson, while the Fortis guy did his job and then PING the power went back on and we have LIGHT and we have POWER again :)

And now I'm off to bed :)

A thank you!

I received a lovely surprise in the mail from Lloyds Mom and Dad! Thank you so much Terry and Chris! A wonderful reusable bag from Wyevale garden centres and inside was one of my favourite treats!!!! A Soreen malt loaf! Needless to say there isn't any left ;) YUM!!!

It was a wonderful surprise to find a parcel for me :) wooo that was two parcels for me in just a few weeks :) A lovely way to cheer up my Summer so thank you very much!!!! :)

Happy 97th Birthday!!!

Today is my Nanny Spicers 97th Birthday!!! This morning I telephoned her to wish her a happy birthday. At the moment she is in a nursing home recovering from a broken arm. This is my Dads Mom, Gwen Spicer. She was telling me this morning that her Dad used to collect bee swarms for people - he used to collect them from peoples chimneys or trees etc and hive them and then keep the bees for the honey and take the honey in the Fall and feed them sugar in the winter :) I had no idea! My Nan used to keep chickens too - just a few like we used to :)

My Nan said my parents and Sister visited this morning with a birthday cake, that when she went into the dining room for breakfast this morning everyone sang happy birthday to her, and this afternoon my Aunt and Uncle visited her! Then she was told she had a phone call from her Grand Daughter and she assumed it was my Sister ad then she was told it was from Canada and so she laughed and thought she was very privileged so I joked and agreed and said that it isn't often you turn 97 ;)

My Nan has been writing her life story and my Mom told her I would like it because I scrapbook and I had already scrapbooked several pages of my Nan and Granddad. So I explained to my Nan that I use archival paper and albums and that the pages will last for another 100 years. My Nan laughed that she would be 200 years old before the pages wear out! Anyway she said that I can have her life story so that I can write it all down and preserve it for her!

It was lovely to talk to her on her birthday :) She's funny to talk to - great sense of humour! Happy Birthday Nan!

Monday Funday....Tuesday - NOT a snooze day!!!

Monday was 28c so we headed to the splashpark to cool off. Lloyd had gone back to work after his week off (boohoo) Chris was working all day too. Laurie had slept over at his friends, so it was just Susie, Abby, Sam and I. It was fun :) We didn't plan it, just woke up in the morning, decided to throw a few snacks in the cooler and jump in the car and go! It was busy there though!

On Sunday night, to end Lloyds holiday, Lloyd marinaded ribs for the boys (their favourite) ALL day...then barbecued them slowly all afternoon. They LOVED them!! Then in the evening we took the children to Dairy Queen for ice creams and dropped Laurie at his friends for a sleepover where he stayed for two nights! Yes he seems to be spending much of the summer.

Last night Chris went to his friends house to go swimming - they have this man made pond type thing on their acreage with this giant swing - the swing is as tall as a house so you swing REALLY high and then jump into the pond - I hear its AWESOME!! ;)

Today we had errands to run - had to pick up two of Chris's friends and then drive them to another friends house. Had to pick Laurie up from his friends house. Had to go to the bank. Had to pick up some clothes form the tailors. Had to go to the library. We had lunch at the food court and ended up sat next to Val and her family! So funny because we both have bigger families so we both head for bigger tables and then end up sat near each other! Nice to see them all and Val if you are free before you go away then let me know when and we can plan something!! I have some plans each week but some days free too!!

Work on the addition continues - they've been here fairly frequently the last couple of weeks - it's frustrating not to see much progress but at least they are doing something lol!

Grayson, our new cat has settled in well and is making himself at home. He is such a sweet cat. So gentle with the children. He loves his bowl of milk in the evening (his notes from his foster home even said he asks for it in the evening lol) and he loves to sit on my writing desk in the mornings in my bedroom window. Right now he is stretched out on my oversized chair beside me. In the store they used to play with him with a little laser light thing that he would chase and so we bought one and the children play with him with it and he LOVES it - he will chase the light across the floor as if its a mouse! Amber our golden Retriever used to love to chase one of these around our yard in Sherwood Park! Yesterday I was cooling her off by having her chase the stream of water from the hose with it on 'jet'...she loves it :) she jumps soooo high to catch it in her mouth :)

I have things to post before I log off :)